"Mommy and daddy will be back, sweetie" she told Genesis." I hope. Evie thought to herself.
"Okay" Genesis agreed her wide eyes sparkling. Evie looked at the three year old basic clone of herself and smiled.
"Nana and Grandpa will take care of you" Evie said.
"When will momma and daddy be back?" Genesis asked walking in circles.
"In three days, sweetie" Evie said as she held Effie. Genesis climbed up on her lap and smiled at the baby.
"Baby stay wif me?" She asked.
"Yep. Effie will be with you, Dylan, Nana and Grandpa" Evie said bopping her nose.
"Eva, go wif you and daddy?" Evie nodded. Genesis heard someone come up the stairs. "Daddy!"
"Hi, baby blue!" She said picking her up. He looked at Evie.
"How does she know who is coming up the stairs?" He mouthed as she shrugged.
"That's your child" She mouthed back as he pointed to her blue locks.
"Sure..." Doug said as they both laughed. "My parents are downstairs and Eva is in the car"
Evie nodded as she cradled Effie. Evie was dressed in all leather and couldn't help to feel a wave of nostalgia as she remembered her Isle days. However, she toned down the leather for her husband, leaving it at a simple jacket.
"So this is the Evie that you met?" Annabelle asked with a smile as the two nodded as they came the downstairs.
"Yes, surprisingly he wasn't turned off by all the leather. I do not remember this material being so hot" Evie said handing Effie to Annabelle.
"You're not a high metabolic teen, anymore, dear" Annabelle winked as Evie shook her head with a smile.
"I left instructions in the bag of everything. She has started teething and doesn't like the toys that much. Usually a finger is better, but she'll bite you pretty hard sometimes. The pacifier honestly works best. She can hold her own bottle and only will want about half at a time—" she said before Annabelle interrupted.
"She'll be fine, sweetie. I know what I'm doing. I raised your husband and Daisy just fine" Annabelle chuckled. Evie blushed.
"Should I really be leaving my kids for the Isle?" She asked.
"Yes. Every parent needs time away from their young kiddos" Annabelle said. "It's the only way to not get so attached. Plus, it's just to see your mother. It's not the end of the world, dear"
"I guess" Evie said as she bit her lip nervously. Doug back came around the corner with Dylan.
"We gotta get going, Eve" he said. She nodded.
"Bye, Dylan and Genesis. I can't connect with you while we're away, but I'm okay" She said as the two nodded. She moved to the squirming baby.
"Aww, mommy will be back" she said tickling the girl. "I'm ready" Evie finally said after multiple hugs and a reluctant kiss from Dylan. They bid their goodbyes and the three piled into the car. They drove to Beast Castle where Carlos, Jay, Lonnie and Mal were all waiting in the limo. Everyone said hello as the three joined them.
"So, Eva, are you excited to meet your grandmother?" Mal asked the teenage girl.
"Um, no offense mom or dad, but I'm nervous" she said as she wore a blue leather outfit that was a near replica her mother's former Isle outfit. It was complete with both removable sleeves and a jacket.
"I would be scared too, if I didn't know the old Queen already" Carlos smiled. "At least you don't have to meet Jafar or Maleficent or Cruella" he shuddered. "The only reason I'm going is to say goodbye to my mother before she passes on. Their lives will just be legends after their generation dies off"
"Way to kill everyone off, C" Mal said with a roll of her eyes.
"Hey, I'm speaking the truth" he said in defense as Mal hit his arm.
"So like all the fairytales will just be stories that you guys only know. Like no one will exist that we're apart of them?" Eva asked as they all nodded.
"Are you nervous?" Doug asked Lonnie as she was holding Jay's hand. She turned red.
"Are you nervous?" she threw back. Doug coughed a bit.
"I asked you first" he said. She rolled her eyes playfully.
"Yes, I'm nervous to meet The former Grand Vizier" She said. "Are you nervous to meet the Evil Queen?"
"No..." he said as everyone laughed.
"Daddy!" Eva said. "You are too!"
"You're right. As a kid, it was always "the Evil Queen tried to wipe us out." But that changed when I met you," he gestured to Evie. "Obviously you weren't your mom. But meeting the real deal, this is a lot different" he said.
"I honestly can't tell either of you what to expect. I have no clue whether she changed after all these years or is she still the same? All I know for sure is that she is going to be a bit upset you're not a prince..." Evie trailed off.
"Evie" Jay said. She smiled. "You know for a fact she's going to be more than just a bit upset. The woman was unhealthily obsessed with you marrying a prince. She'll ask where her mother in law wing is, why you aren't wearing a mask of makeup, why you have laugh lines, the list could go on"
"Well, I made Doug pay to get her a crown made" Evie said taking it out if the glass case. It was pure gold with rubies and diamonds sparkling around it.
"Well, hopefully that helps" Carlos said. Evie looked like she was going to be sick as she leaned on her husband's shoulder, sighing.
Eva slowly walked in front of her parents. By now, a lot of the villian kids had families in Auradon. Evie smiled at young girls who had red butterfly clips in their hair.
"Hi, Miss Evie!" The girls waved. She waved back. The Isle was a lot different now that she had helped most of the people to leave. It wasn't quite empty and still had a whooping 50,000 people who had refused her help. Talk about pride.
"Mom," Eva said her voice quivering as she almost walked in a puddle of mud.
"Yeah, Eva?" Evie said becoming a bit emotional as she surveyed the place she once called home since birth.
"This is how you lived? It smells gross and it's dark and there's mud and no flowers. There's trash everywhere and why are they eating wormy apples?" She pointed as a group of men snarled at her. "I have a perfectly fine one in my bag. Wherever it is..." Eva said looking around as she felt her now empty bag.
"This, my dear husband and daughter, is the Isle of the Lost. Our leftovers that we eat at home, sweetie become the food supply of the Isle. Any trash we have is dumped here. I was as much of a diva you could get on the Isle. I really wasn't afraid of anything. I could deal with most stuff in Auradon that most would call pest control, exterminators or their husbands for. I was so desperate some days, I would kill to have a wormy apple. I used to eat month old pudding, stale scones, drink sour milk, murky water, toads brew coffee, spider stew,"
"Mom! Stop!" Eva said her eyes widened and disgust written all over her face. Evie gave a small smile.
"This was your mother's reality, Eva. Believe it or not" Doug said softly as they stopped at a twisted road filled with leaves and dead roses. Eva looked at her mom and hugged her.
"This is awful. I'm sorry. I can't imagine not having wifi or wearing the clean new clothes you make me or going to the mall and stuff" Eva said with a smile. Evie embraced her daughter.
"It's okay sweetie. It's hard for me to see this too. I've been spoiled in Auradon for these last years" Evie said holding onto her red crossbody bag.
"This is really the Isle" Doug said in disbelief. "All the stories you've told me, I didn't realize how awful your childhood really was"
"Yep. This along with constant nagging about princes, makeup and who's the fairest, is a snapshot of my first 16 years" Evie said as they walked through to the path passing Hell Hall (I'm sorry if this word makes anyone uncomfortable, I usually don't use vulgar language, but if you aren't familiar, it's the name used in Isle of the Lost to describe Creulla's house) and to a dark, large castle. "This is the Castle Across the Way. Also known as my birthplace and home"
The two native Auradonians observed the rickety castle. "Food and beauty supplies used to be dropped off at this stump by the door when my mother and I were banished to the castle after my 6th birthday. I didn't leave these doors for 10 more unfortunate years" Just as she knocked, a bird cawed and flew to Evie's hand.
"Othello!" Evie exclaimed.
"Othello!" it repeated. "Caw! Evie! Evie!"
"This is your bird, that you got?" Doug asked as Evie beamed.
"Othello meet my husband, Doug and daughter Eva" she said.
"Married! Caw-caw. Eva and Doug" he said as Evie seemed to be remembering some memories. The father and daughter looked at Evie in admiration having never seen her like this before.
"Did you miss me?" Evie asked the colorful bird.
"Caw, Evie. Othello missed you, caw. EQ missed Evie" He cawed flying around her arm. She knocked again and it was a while before someone answered.
"You goblins know what to do!" a female voice called.
"Evie, caw" Othello squacked.
"You stupid bird. Evie's not here. She ran off remember?" The Evil Queen said a pang of hurt in her voice. "But I'll let you in. The one thing remaining of her. Not that she'd ever come back with a mother in law wing" The woman opened the door in a blue cape, black and blue dress and her familiar fading crown on top of her head. The covering over her head was long gone and her waves of black and grey cascaded down her back much like Evie's blue hair did. She looked for the bird on the ground looking up following the designer black boots, combat boots and riding boots up to three people. One of whom looked like a combination of the adults. Evie felt her cheeks reddening and her heart beating out of her chest.
"E-evie?" The Evil Queen said recognizing the long blue waves and the tiara on top of her head. The light brown eyes that sparkled and the few freckles around her nose gave it away.
"It's me, mother" Evie said softly. The Evil Queen stared at her daughter for a while. She hasn't aged the slightest bit.
"Your face is bare and who are these people. At the least, you could step inside" she said gesturing as she closed the door. "If someone told me I'd have company I'd have the goblins clean up"
"There's goblins here?!" Eva exclaimed in disgust, as she hid behind her dad who put his arm around her.
"And you" the woman pointed. "You must be from Auradon. Home of prissy helpless royalty" Grimhilde cackled.
"I was born and raised there and I love it. And... my dad's not a prince" The girl said. The Evil Queen looked in horror. Doug told Eva stop talking and leave it to Evie. She complied with his instructions and Evie cleared her throat.
"Not royalty, you say? Who are you?" She inquired.
"She's our daughter" Evie said confidently. "Mother, this is my oldest daughter, Eva Annabelle White"
"White?! As in relation to Snow White. That witch?!" The woman said furiously.
"Well, no. He's the um, stepson of Dopey" Evie said lingering on her words. Grimhilde had enough.
"You, my flesh and blood, married a dwarf?!" she almost screamed. Eva was scared out of her wits as she held onto Evie.
"Mother, stepson. No direct relation. Fully human and may I say relatively tall. He's wealthy, too. Remember they own a diamond mine? And he made you a crown worth billions" Evie said trying to sell the woman.
"I won't be easily pleased" Grimhilde said her eyes flickering as she set eyes on the crown in the glass box. "Speak" she commanded Doug.
"My pleasure to be of your acquaintance, Your Highness" Doug said as Evie smiled squeezing his hand.
"Hm, you have decent manners. Now, when did that-" she pointed at Eva. "Happen?"
"14 years ago on July 13th. And we have three other children" Evie said her voice wavering a bit.
"Four?! What did I tell you. You'll age 5 years with every child" Grimhilde said. Evie had it as she glared.
"I could have stayed in Auradon with my family, instead I wanted to see you before something happens. Cruella's got cancer, Jafar's health is declining, Maleficent is a lizard, I just wanted to tell you how I've been. I was wrong to think you'd care" Evie said with clear hurt and anger.
Grimhilde stared at her 38 year old daughter. My adult daughter. My only child. She is really the fairest of them all, she thought.
Evie could only tell the tale later in life. At that moment, The Evil Queen cried. She hugged Evie so hard she felt like she was going to die. "The last time I hugged you was when you were six and your father had left"
Evie felt her eyes burning. Streams of tears fell out her eyes. "I missed you. I may be weak, but it's for the better. I really had been thinking about you"
"I can't lie. It would be so villainous of me, despite being one. I... I missed you, Genevieve. I wanted you back. It was meant for you to go and come back with a prince and money, but when I saw you after coronation with. . . your person" Grimhilde gestured to Doug. "I knew you wouldn't. You are—" She began as Evie waited. "You are the fairest of them all. When I had you, I knew you were absolutely beautiful. Of course since I am your mother, you took after me. That Queen Mal has absolutely nothing on you, Evie. You are absolutely gorgeous and don't look a day older than 21"
Evie hugged her mom again before the aging Queen she quickly let go. "I haven't had affection in over 29 years" she said her voice a bit happier. Evie smiled.
"Can we start over?" Evie asked as the Queen nodded.
"I want to know everything about you, Evie. Everything" She said as she sat on a throne chair. The other two took a seat as Evie removed pictures and went down a road of her life in Auradon.